TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Neha Hoskins, Clerk of the Board
REPORT BY: Paulette Cooper, Deputy Clerk of the Board II
SUBJECT: Reappointment and Appointments to the Napa/Solano Agency on Aging Advisory Council
RECOMMENDATION
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Reappoint Neil Watter to a third term as a Napa County Representative on the Napa/Solano Agency on Aging Advisory Council. Appoint Marc C. Frankenstein and Michael O'Connell as Napa County Representatives and appoint Gigi Gonzales as Napa County Alternate 1 Representative on the Napa/Solano Agency on Aging Advisory Council. The terms of office shall commence immediately and expire on June 30, 2028. (No Fiscal Impact)
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BACKGROUND
The Napa/Solano Agency on Aging Advisory Council currently has four appointments before the Board due to the expiration of member terms. Incumbent Neil Watter requested reappointment to a third term as a Napa County Representative. Incumbents Susan Ensey, Fran Rosenberg, and Fern Yaffa did not seek reappointment, resulting in two vacancies for Napa County Representative and one vacancy for Napa County Alternate 1 Representative.
The County Executive Office advertised the vacancies and received one request for reappointment from Neil Watter, applications from Marc C. Frankenstein and Michael O'Connell for the Napa County Representative positions, and an application from Gigi Gonzales for the Napa County Alternate 1 Representative position.
On August 28, 2018, the Napa County Board of Supervisors approved a joint application with Solano County to form a new Area Agency on Aging for Planning Service Area 28. Subsequent to that, both counties appointed representatives to the Oversight Board and conducted a recruitment for members for the federally-mandated advisory council. The Advisory Council members were appointed on April 23, 2019.
The advisory council is required to represent the senior population in respect to ethnic and racial distribution in Napa and Solano counties. In addition, the following...
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